pineda Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 What style house is this? I'm thinking Queen Anne Victorian, but maybe just a simple Folk Victorian is closer? Anybody out there wanna venture a guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Folk Victorian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casual Observer Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 1920's Neo-Victorian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston born and raised Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 My ex-in-laws live in a house very similar to this. It's a Sears and Roebuck Home that was delivered on the train in 1906. They live in a small town in Arkansas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted July 26, 2005 Author Share Posted July 26, 2005 Yes, I've been reading stories about farmers and other local businessman who were not the hoi-polloi of their day but who still wanted to live like the rich, buy these kits from Sears and have them erected by local craftsmen, who depending upon their skills, could either craft something even more fanciful and beautiful than the kit supplied, or just erected it with simple but crude flourishes that kinda sorta resembled a bastardized version of a classic Queen Anne Victorian. Thanks for your assessments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Mostly late Queen Anne mutt, meaning an early 20th century mixture. The wraparound, windows and asymmetry would be part of the Queen Anne style but the front door is Craftsman, another possible early 20th century indicator, and the porch columns could be considered Colonial, as the Colonial Revival was happening around that period. My house is from the same period and it's a similar mutt. I have 5 exterior doors, 2 are Craftsman. We tend to think in terms of pure styles but obviously, the builders then were a lot less concerned with stylistic purity and would mix it up anyway that seemed to work, just like they do now.Cool house. Is it in Houston? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted July 26, 2005 Author Share Posted July 26, 2005 Cool house. Is it in Houston?No, it's in Huntsville or rather "North, North Houston"!I'm looking at different color schemes for it now, but don't really care for the "earthy" tones preferred by the homeowners of that period, early 1900's. I'm leaning more towards four or five different shades or hues of light blues and grays. The house next door, or rather behind, is a creamy pale yellow with white trim, so I think it will be complementary to that. What do you think? I really don't care for the all-white look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1fd Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 All white does suck. I'd go tri-color on that one. I don't see enough fru fru on it to put 4-5 colors. You should pick colors that play up the brick columns, and redo the porch rail too. Also, I would pick a body color that would hopefully downplay the overbearing mass of the second story....its kinda just a big blob on top of the house....at least from the angle of the pic it is.So, how many sqft? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 All white does suck. I'd go tri-color on that one. I don't see enough fru fru on it to put 4-5 colors. You should pick colors that play up the brick columns, and redo the porch rail too.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Wow. Good selection, Pineda. Are you going to live there? I agree that 4 or 5 colors wouldn't be appropriate. A lot of people over-do it these days with the Victorians but most of them, especially those late model ones, never had such fancy paint schemes. Your's is just like mine style-wise. You've got no "gingerbread" and I see another Craftsman door for the side porch (parlor) entrance. Mine was original white on white too, then they shingled it in the trendy Arts and Crafts style.I would say the tri-color would be best, with usually the medium tone as the body, light tone for the trim, then very dark for the screen and window sashes. Gloss black was common. Some of the major paint manufacturers have "period" schemes, like Benjamin Moore and Sherwin Williams. How's the inside? French doors or pocket? Any original lighting left? Plumbing fixtures? Wanna sell any, if so?.....hehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted July 28, 2005 Author Share Posted July 28, 2005 It dawned me the other day when I was looking at paint chips that the colors that are my absolute favorites, the blues and the grays, are the same light tones used in both the Houston Architecture forum website and my Windows XP computer theme!!!! I don't care though, I still LOVE those colors and plan to use them. Maybe I'll just re-name the house the "Houston Architecture forum website inspired home!" HA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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